Fleecing.
Oh Yes.
I always get a good feeling when a new vine gets up to the wire. I don’t always tip but I did on this one. The wire is about 6’ and the tip is about 5.5’. It normally takes 1-2 weeks for the 2 new shoots to emerge. The next phase is to get it down the left and right side wires. I would like to get a small fruit sample in 2027.
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Scott’s Raccoon Repellant @scottfsmith
I have been using an electric fence effectively for a few years to keep raccoons out of my ripening muscadines. The problem is that the wire must be low and the grass under it has to be even lower which is a regular battle to contend with. I have been interested in the loose netting procedure Scott piloted ever since it was posted. I will be putting it around one of my pear trees soon. My personality is to attempt to change plans to help in other areas like my muscadines. Will this work? I don’t know but I’m giving it a try.
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It looks worth a try! Put lots of bushy netting to make sure it’s a snarl pit and there can’t be anything else they can climb up on. Raccoons are not jumpers like squirrels so it should be a bit easier to seal things for them.
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its amazing that breeders can know that grapes will be seedless and perfect beforehand. Nice article on the development of seedless muscadines..
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